On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 11:33, Steven W. Orr wrote: > And a pet peeve of mine is misuse of Latin in general, e.g., the biggest > of which are confusing i.e. and e.g., and mispronouncing etc (i.e., et > cetera) as ex cetera. > Hey, Steve! Good to read you again. I thought this thread would die, but since it refuses I'll just *have* to pitch in. Generally spelling and grammar are going downhill fast... English is my second language and I still find that most of the "natives" speak/write/think in simply deplorable fashion. Examples: Misuse of similar words: complimentary/complementary or affect/effect Language destruction: walla! (voilà!) and expresso (espresso) And there are oh-so-many others! -- Rodolfo J. Paiz <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Simpaticus.com
